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It was hard going in places but the group completed its ascent much quicker than anticipated (Image: Sian Mercer, My Rural Tribe Photography)

CoT founder Abi Reader said plenty of people had stopped to offer their support as the fibreglass farm made its way to the summit.

"It must have been a strange sight for other walkers," she said.

"I looked back a few times and all you could was this cow bobbing 6ft over the crowds, looking quite regal.

"There was lots of clapping and quite a few people wanted selfies with the cow: we made a couple of 'tourist stops' so that people could get photos and learn more about what we were doing, which was the whole point of the exercise."

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Teams of up to eight people alternated carrying Bessie up the mountain. Going down was much harder. 'When we reached a steep section of Tarmac near the end, her weight pulled us forward and we were almost running,' she said. 'It was tough on the knees.' (Image: Sian Mercer, My Rural Tribe Photography)

Walking the 4.5-mile Llanberis route, the 74 farmers and supporters reached the summit in three hours 20 minutes, completing the trip in just over seven hours. The youngest member of the team was aged just one-years-old.

In doing so they raised nearly £4,000 – and counting – for the RABI and DJP Foundation.

The group began their day with a sausages-and-bacon breakfast before they hit the slopes and began overtaking a number of gawping hikers.